#you support the genocide against palestinians

[ket-pupp]

why are we acting like she had a good campaign ?? she just spewed old republican talking points and policies. most lethal military, “protect our borders” bullshit, not a goddamn mention of the attack on LGBTQ+ rights that’s been happening nationwide. she paraded around LIZ CHENEY FOR FUCKS SAKE. she ran a terrible campaign. the dipshit lost so many fucking votes entirely because she chose to keep supporting israel and defending their genocide of the Palestinian people. the results are the way they are because of how fuckibg dumb she was with this campaign. utterly useless to act like her losing was just cause she’s a black woman. she’s a bad politician and person.

in what fucking world, when you’re running against literal nazis, would you think the GOOD idea is to say “i’ll respect the nazis that call for my extermination, i’ll even invite them into my cabinet :) there are some fine people there.” she ran against a racist rapist felon that wants to destroy this country and it’s people. and she chose to take the high road. that doesn’t fucking work in these situations. you cant be nice, or find a compromise, or appeal to those freaks. her trying to garner republican votes and to win them over to her side was an utter failure. her gaining maybe like 50 republicans to side with her also had her losing so much support from leftists and democrats who actually care. people that just chose not to vote, or went 3rd party.

yes, america is full of absolute fucking idiots. uninformed/misinformed, racist, sexist, bigoted people are widespread. but if she ignored trying to win them over, and instead focused on the actual majority, people that agree with progressive policy, she could’ve won. but she didn’t. she tried to befriend the nazis. she was terrible and her campaign was an embarrassment to what the democratic party was supposed to be, what it (kinda) used to be.

i say all this as someone that still voted for her. because as fucking rancid as she was, trump is an actual demon that will try and ruin your life if you live here.

[promiscuousasexual]

the zionism that you’ve made up in your head that’s all flowers and rainbows and peace isn’t any different from the zionism that’s killing palestinians everyday btw

[worstloki]

People who think Palestinians wanting equal rights to live on their own land equates to wanting to genocide Jewish people are actually telling on themselves

[pilloclock]

Credit: min.aaaa1 on tiktok

[chaoskirin]

You know what's funny is I've warned against some of the shit this site shills as OK. It was so enraging like 6 or 7 years ago when I posted something like "yeah never leaving someone alone after they fuck up is probably bad actually" and got called... IDK the word at the time, but something like an apologist.

And again, I'm gonna point this out: Seeing everything in black and white with no greys in the middle IS THE PROBLEM. Not just "A" problem, but THE problem among leftists.

I'm gonna go ahead and use Arin Hanson as an example again, because there's drama about him on Twitter again, but people still want to "remind" his fans about the stupid shit he did in his life ten or more years ago. You don't have to do that, I fucking promise. You don't. You don't have to like him or be his biggest stan if you don't want to, but CHRIST. Shut the fuck up. You HAVE to give people room to change and grow, or what is this all for?

"But what if ______ said something racist?"

Are they actively doing it now? Are they doing racist things? Are they causing harm? No? Then SHUT UP. You don't have to tell everyone who posts about _______ that they said something stupid 10 years ago.

I also follow someone on Twitter who fucked up in a huge way and JUST posted some racist shit. It was unintentional and came from a place of severe misinformation, and he apologized as soon as he realized he fucked up and even RT'd the people who corrected him, but there are STILL PEOPLE commenting on his posts with "are you going to address this" and... just fucking SHUT UP. There is a really clear line between holding someone accountable and harassment. You HAVE to learn to tell the difference.

And I can't believe I have to say this because someone will misconstrue this, but holding people accountable is good. It is. I get it. You want to point things out and demand better. That is good for society. But if you see people have already pointed it out by the dozens, or sometimes hundreds, you can just... not support that person.

There's this thing on the internet where if you don't explicitly state that you DON'T support something, then you MUST support it. And those people also need to shut the fuck up. Sometimes it's the dogpiling that pushes people away from reflection, especially when there are also a ton of comments that say things like "don't listen to them. If you ever need to talk, I'm here."

Who do you think that person is going to for help? The person calling them horrible, or the person offering them comfort?

I fully expect to get asshole asks like "oh so you support racism" and here's a pre-emptive "fuck you" for deliberately misinterpreting what I'm saying. Unfollow and block me rather than sending me dipshit asks.

I'm done with all of you.

I'm especially done with the pissants who saw me say "Kamala Harris is probably better for the country than Donald Trump" and sent me asks saying I was a fucking genocide apologist. You see what your bullshit got you? Fuck you. Now we have someone who'll not only support the Palestinian genocide, but will likely do other terrible shit, as well. And even though Palestinians begged you to vote for Kamala Harris, you just had to virtue signal to the world that you were just so gosh darn progressive.

I am saying this all from the bottom of my heart. Stop pushing people away. Stop seeking perfection in every person on the internet. You will NEVER find it, and not only will you spend your life angry, but you'll spend your life fucking things up for everyone else.

posts about the alt-right pipeline being compassionate towards young men while radical leftists shun and shame them are not fucking saying "the men are becoming violent because feminists are too mean!" and if that is your takeaway you need to get off tumblr until you've better honed your critical thinking skills.

those posts are talking about how effective the language and approach you take in your activism can be. this is literally cult deprogramming 101. if someone is being taken in by a violent or dangerous group, that violent or dangerous group is usually offering them compassion and solace while working hard to convince them everyone else in the world is their enemy. you are under no obligation to coddle or act compassionate toward these men and their violent ideologies, but if you have the means to try, it is something that you can do to make a tangible difference.

radicalized people are often only one loving friend or family member or external voice away from being de-radicalized. of course that is not always the case, but it very often is. a lot of y'all rightfully understand that you do not carry the burden of being that voice, but a lot of y'all also have a lot of internalized ideas about morals and punitive justice and have simply written off these people as deserving of only the worst and not worth saving.

ten years ago, my grandmother was a fox news watching republican who voted red in every election and very well could have fallen down the qanon rabbit hole if not for me and her daughter challenging her compassionately, walking her through hypotheticals that validated her feelings & proving why they were false, & being patient with her despite our extreme division in political ideology. it was frustrating fucking work! but i decided i wanted to do it, because i could see the horizon and i could see me making a difference!

"misogynists have been saying feminists are too mean for years, get new material" that is not the fucking POINT. the point is that you, feminist, can be the compassionate voice that guides your brother, your father, your cousin, your grandfather away from fucking becoming or staying a nazi. you can show them compassion and companionship. you can be the woman they think of when their alt-right bros try to convince them that women are the enemy. and you can choose to crystallize that image of yourself so wholly in their mind's eye as worth protecting that they may very well choose to reject those harmful ideas.

it's not saying you HAVE to do it! it's saying you CAN do it! don't you 'firebomb a walmart' people all love taking change into your own hands? where the fuck is that energy right now, huh?

[cockworkangels]

today almost 2000 people marched in helsinki demanding for immediate cease fire, humanitarian aid and for finland to end arms trade with israel. it is shameful that finland, a country that praises itself as a supposed "defender of human rights", and that clearly states in its current government programme that finland's foreign policy should be based on "rule of law, human rights, equality and democracy". and yet, finland abstained from voting for a cease fire in the UN general assembly, and thus essentially endorsing israel's sytematic bombing and resource deprivation of gaza's civilian population. it seems that colonial states refuse to condemn each other and their actions. i wonder why!

if you're finnish and wish to support palestinian civilians who are being unjustly targeted with endless bombings and are being deprived from food, water, fuel, electricity and are now being blacked out from all internet and mobile connections, voice your dissapproval of the hypocrisy of the finnish government! if you want stand against horrific genocide palestinians are facing and show your support, keep posting! don't stay silent! if you are able to, join protests. you can follow @palivoicesfin on instagram: they share information about protests being organised and they share updates about the situation in gaza. express that you are against genocide and you don't accept the government's hypocrisy! palestinians are asking you to post, so please post!

[martyrbat]

blocking so many people tonight because how the hell do you post this without an ounce of self shame? 'there are people out there who are just as scared as you are' are you including the people your candidate has funded a genocide against? are you including the people Israel targets and opresses with the US regularly funding its crimes against humanity? the people who cant just go have a snack and talk to their friends because they watch their friends be murdered and theyre facing starvation? are you including the people you called the genocide of as a necessary sacrifice and something thats a 'lesser evil'? do you take into account their fear and trauma for a year of nonstop bombings, drones, missiles, shootings, invasions, etc?

'the world is going to be tense' its already fucking tense, you people just dont give a shit about anyone that isnt white or cant play into your ultimate victim complex to excuse your eager participation in genocide. you cant call for people to just 'survive' when you helped put a heavy asterisk next to who exactly expected to stay living if your war criminal wins.

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[notaplaceofhonour]

aaaand of course exactly the people that ad is directed at found my post

here’s the thing. even if literally everything this person said and more were true, the accusations leveled against Shaq, which my post was responding to, do not follow from what they said.

A reminder, the claim was that Shaq did a commercial spot:

promoting genocide

about how we all need to support Israel

how doing otherwise is antisemitism

…none of which is supported by the attempted character assassination of Robert Kraft or the FCAS.

FCAS could have been founded by Meir Kahane himself and that would not change the fact that nothing in the ad Shaq appeared in promoted Israel, its government, its military actions, told anyone to support Israel, made the claim that not supporting Israel was antisemitism, or made any statement that could in any way be understood as advocating for any genocide by any even semi-reasonable person. even if you believe FCAS’s position is “any criticism of Israel is antisemitic”, nothing in the ad made any reference to Israel or criticism of Israel, even in passing. the word antisemitism didn’t even appear in the ad outside of the name of the organization; the only reference to antisemitism or Jews in the ad itself was the appearance of a visibly Jewish child for a fraction of a second in a half minute ad that featured multiple other minorities, including Black, Asian, Muslim, and disabled people.

and that would be the case even if what they were claiming about Kraft and FCAS were true. But, of course, those are bullshit too.

they claim that Robert Kraft is

an anti-Palestinian racist

who sends MILLIONS to The Occupation

and says any criticism of Israel is antisemitism

…none of which is true.

I can find zero evidence of any specific statement from Kraft that expresses anything approaching hatred or racialized animosity for the Palestinian people, or saying that any criticism of Israel is inherently antisemitic.

What I can find is people like this chucklefuck making that claim with zero evidence, and articles about Kraft pulling funding from Columbia after the leadership didn’t adequately address antisemitism & safety concerns on campus.

“What antisemitism & safety concerns?” you may ask. People telling Jewish students to “go back to Poland”, calling them “baby-killers” (which is blood libel), and the self-described “militants of Hinds Hall” locking people in buildings they were forcibly occupying, obstructing campus grounds, and openly voicing support for officially designated terrorist organizations such as Hamas & the PFLP. That’s it. Those are pretty cut-and-dry safety & antisemitism issues.

Oh, and those awful terrible evil MILLIONS supposedly going to “The Occupation”? Yeah, no. they went to a couple startup incubators that support underrepresented groups in Israel including Palestinians and Arab Israelis, and an Israeli kids football program.

idk, donating millions to groups that provide financial support to Palestinian-owned businesses doesn’t sound like the actions of someone who’s trying to exterminate the Palestinian people. it sounds like this person just heard “Israeli” and blacked out

I can find zero evidence of him “donating millions” to Israeli settlement efforts in either of the Palestinian territories (the only thing that could reasonably be described as “The Occupation”), so they’re either deceptively referring to any existence of Israel whatsoever as “The Occupation”—tipping their hand that they themself are the one advocating for the destruction of an entire national group & not Kraft or Shaq—or just pulling shit out of their ass.

after all that, I only have one question for the people spreading these lies:

you will not be surprised to learn that not only was the commercial spot in question not “about how we all need to stand with Israel”, but israel & palestine are not referenced or alluded to in any way whatsoever.

here’s the ad:

it’s not even an ad primarily about antisemitism. it’s a campaign called “Stand Up To All Hate” about standing up to racism, Islamophobia, homophobia, sexism, antisemitism, etc.—all hate, as the name suggests.

and, for a split second, there’s a kid wearing a kippah. that’s it. shaq appeared in an ad where a kid wears a kippah and that is what is getting him accused of “supporting genocide”

[artcinemas]

right wing propoganda is crazy in india it is downright like india is turning into israel 2.0 and these people are proud of it.

[ragingtwilight]

So fucking mad

Zionists should go to hell and never come back

[deathshallbethelastenemy]

just in case if you support the Israeli government and their active role in Palestinian genocide you can go ahead and unfollow me or just let me know who you are so I can block you 🤗

[princesssarcastia]

you know what, I'm pretty sure we shouldn't be calling any jewish people nazis. even the zionists. pretty sure that's antisemitic.

[sanktalinn]

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free 🇵🇸

[cables-and-wires]

online baby leftists are getting way too comfortable being antisemitic and passing it off as 'supporting palestine' . like is harassing a random anti-zionist jewish person going to free palestine... is it really... like honestly if you're a zionist fuck off but equating zionism with the jewish people as a whole is genuinely really fucked up. are you guys forgetting that the IDF is actively targeting anti-zionist jews as well?

[nope-body]

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[cornrowsandcornbread]

i cannot believe how evil the world can be.